Dead Space is the sequel Resident Evil 4 deserved

Eurogamer's Rick writes: "It's often lamented that Resident Evil 4 never received the follow-up it deserved. Resi 5 and 6 have their defenders, but they're not in the same league as Mikami's masterpiece. I think there's a case to be made that Dead Space is that sequel. Civilization developers Firaxis has a theory that a sequel should be one third old, one third changed, and one third new. With regard to Resident Evil 4, Dead Space hits those markers almost exactly. It builds on the ideas of Capcom's game, and even fixes a few of the problems, such as Resi's notoriously terrible dialogue. For a game that set out with the premise of deliberately aping one of the best games of all time, I'd struggle to think of a better accolade."

I only liked the first one. That first game though, it was almost perfect. A lot was drawn from re4 and there is no denying it. The action, pacing, inventory and atmosphere. Everything really.

It wasn't a shameful clone though, it upgraded everything and added great things like dismemberment. Improved storytelling with hardly any cutscenes. Sure the story was fairly light but the atmosphere told the tale instead. That is amazing game writing.

Dead space is easily one of my favorite games of all time. I could probably play it today and like it just as much as I did years ago.

The first and second were a couple of my favs of the time. Loved them. The third chgd things up a bit in a way that I didn't really like. More action game, less suspense/jump scares. I really enjoyed that series.